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EPTC6 Day 1 - Matthew's Merit
Day one of the sixth and last European Players Tour Championship event in Prague where the players all scramble to try and get into that all important top 24 to reach the PTC finals. One player who succeeded in doing that was Welsh former UK Champion Matthew Stevens.
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World no.17 Matthew Stevens needed to put in a good showing at the last EPTC in Prague, Czech Republic to get into the top 24 on the order of merit and he did just that, beating amateur Jindrich Prchal 4-0, Jimmy White 4-2 and beating Jack Lisowski 4-3 in a tense final frame decider, it now all but guarantees he will be in Dublin for the televised finals in March.
It was not a good day for top PTC amateur Daniel Wells though. Being at 24th on the order of merit coming into this event, he needed to win at least two matches to get into the televised finals. But it was not to be as he bowed out in the first round to world no.86 Justin Astley 4-3. This now leaves him precariously placed on the table with Peter Ebdon and Anthony McGill within striking distance of his spot in the finals (Ebdon being already through to the last 16 of the tournament on Sunday).
Also world no.40 Rory McLeod made his first professional 147 break today against Thailand's Issara Kachaiwong today, but lost the match 4-3, more details here.
Full Results:
Last 128:
Alan McManus w/o Kuldesh Johal Marcus Campbell 4-0 Lukas Krenek (a) Allan Taylor (a) w/o Andy Lee (a) Michael White 4-1 Patrick Einsle Ian Glover (a) 4-2 Paul S Davison Joe Jogia 4-1 Tony Knowles (a) Justin Astley 4-3 Daniel Wells (a) Rod Lawler 4-2 Matthew Couch Graeme Dott 4-1 Kevin Van (a)Jack Lisowski 4-3 Sam (a)JimmyWhite 4-2 Damian Wilkes (a) Matthew Stevens 4-0 Jindrich Prchal (a) Kyren Wilson 4-0 Jan Klecka (a) Barry Hawkins 4-0 David Singh (a) Liu Chuang w/o Chris McBreen (a) Joe Perry 4-0 Noppon Saengkham Stuart Bingham 4-1 Jürgen Kesseler (a) Matthew Selt 4-2 Kurt MaflinRobert Milkins 4-0 Ronni Beniesch (a) Andrew Pagett w/o Stephen Hendry Mark Joyce 4-0 Dieter Meier (a) Ben Woollaston 4-0 Jan Vimr (a) Mike Dunn 4-0 Marko Vukovic (a) Ryan Day 4-2 Mark King Rory McLeod 4-3 Jamie Burnett Mario Wehrmann (a) w/o Allister Carter Andrew Higginson 4-0 Tomasz Skalski (a) Issara Kachaiwong w/o Anthony HamiltonNigel Bond 4-0 Jaromir Malanta (a) Peter Ebdon 4-0 Andrew Norman (a) Gerard Greene 4-1 Michael Heeger (a) Peter Lines 4-0 Oliver Brown (a)
Last 64:
Rory McLeod 4-2 Mario Wehrmann (a) Issara Kachaiwong 4-3 Andrew Higginson Peter Ebdon 4-2 Nigel Bond Peter Lines 4-2 Gerard Greene Marcus Campbell 4-3 Alan McManus Michael White 4-2 Allan Taylor (a) Joe Jogia 4-1 Ian Glover (a) Justin Astley 4-3 Rod Lawler Jack Lisowski 4-3 Graeme Dott Matthew Stevens 4-2 Jimmy White Barry Hawkins 4-0 Kyren Wilson Liu Chuang 4-2 Joe Perry Stuart Bingham 4-1 Matthew Selt Andrew Pagett 4-0 Robert Milkins Ben Woollaston 4-1 Mark Joyce Ryan Day 4-3 Mike Dunn
Last 32:
Issara Kachaiwong 4-3 Rory McLeod (147!) Peter Ebdon 4-0 Peter LinesMichael White 4-2 Marcus Campbell Joe Jogia 4-0 Justin Astley Matthew Stevens 4-3 Jack Lisowski Barry Hawkins 4-3 Liu Chuang Stuart Bingham 4-1 Andrew Pagett Ryan Day 4-2 Ben Woollaston
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